For starters, i'm not one of these people who will hate the book, and not give it a chance solely because they changed the character(whom they established it was a different character anyway). Matter fact, I'm a fan of a redesign. If you ask me, it was needed. It was a great move and I personally wouldn't want them to change it. The new look was exciting, and the new take on the character's back story was compelling. Added layers to the character he normally wouldn't have got otherwise. As for the book itself, it's not perfect, especially in the beginning but it slowly picks and gets more and more enjoyable the more you read and I overall ended up quite enjoying the book though a little disappointed because there was so much potential there, that was not met. The flaws in this book mostly have to do with the dialog in the beginning of the book, and the execution of the back story and in some other aspects of the book. One of my biggest complaints though may sound minor was really bothersome for me, was some of the dialog choices. I know this book was written about 2011 or so, but the dialog in the beginning issues mostly, are very corny. Almost unforgivable corny. It's not super dramatic action movie corny but corny as in lobo saying "sorry not sorry" like some sassy pre teen girl. That might not be a issue for a lot of people but it certainly was an issue with me when i have hung out with some cool young girls years ago that used to say that a lot and it's cool when they did because they were sassy girls and did so in clever and funny ways at times. The way it's conveyed here is like a writer that caught on to that trend by seeing those girls, and had lobo say it to make him cool but it made him come off as a little girl that was trying to copy the girls i could hang out with years ago. it's pretty unforgivable pieces of dialog and i can forgive a lot. Aside from those pieces of the dialog, the only other issue I had with the book was some of the execution in some of the writing. The way they start off this in beginning of the book is that they bum rush you with a whole bunch of action gore and guts right away, without any real weight behind it which almost seemed like they were doing to so to be "cool". A lot of it it's just pointless gore and guts, and made some of the beginning action scenes very thin. Don't get me wrong, i'm a fan of violence and i'm down with carnage but the way it was handled was very weightless. Had no point. no threat. no weight and the blame for the mostly has to be due to some of writing but credit to credit is due, there is a lot of action later on in the story that really start of have some weight and suspense behind them and the violence and carnage feels a lot more earned which in turn made the book a lot more enjoyable to read even after the rocky start because it really felt like they started to find some footing. The only other issue i had with the execution had to with some of the back story we get for the character. Though the premise and idea is compelling and handled fairly well for the most part, but when we get start to get a better understanding of what happened, it goes from 0 - 100 real quick. Like everyone out of no where went from one state of mind to something completely different, and we are supposed to just buy into that this changed happened like that without much set up for it. The way i equate it to is star wars episode 3 revenge of the sith. It is like when anakin was a loyal jedi knight all through episode 3 trying to do the right thing but after some point, he turns and starts killing little children. That's kind of what happened here. The way it was executed wasn't handled very well, and i didn't believe that this same character in this story would make such drastic changes like they did in the story so when the change came, it doesn't feel like it was earned. It felt more so that they had to get through this story. So aside from those 3 flaws I had with the book, i really enjoyed reading this book despite it's flaws and it has a lot going for it. It was a very easy read. You could probably skim through this book in about an hour or so and a lot of it's a lot of fun and i think making changes to his back story was a great move even if it wasn't executed the best in this book. It added a lot of dimensions to the character that we might not have usually got from the older lobo so that change was appreciated. The art was pretty solid, even great at times. There was even a surprise cameo that was handled pretty well. Probably one of the highlights of the book. and the way the book ended was a lot better than what it started and i feel like they are headed into the right direction. Despite over all enjoying this book, i can't help but to think that this book could've been much better, if they had a different writer. There were times where i felt like this book was directed at young girls, and i feel like this character really would've benefited from a different writer that would make this character ruthless cold, and a lot darker. That i think is what this series needs. It needs to take the character to darker places, give the character some compelling and rich layers while still keeping him dark, and the writing needs to be executed better and I think you could truly have another great solid character and comic for the DCU. This was definitely a fun, enjoyable, action book. I'm not sure I would recommend someone pay 10 dollars for it personally, but that's not to say that there aren't a lot of people that can't find enjoyment in this book. I did but i'm not sure i would say that it was worth 10 dollars. I think this book could've been handled better and should've been but it seems like it's going in the right direction. I really enjoyed the later issues with the book, and hope they keep going in that direction because i wouldn't mind seeing more from this series and being handled a little better. There is a lot of potential there, waiting, but it was not met with this book for me despite having a good time with it. If i had to rate it out of 10, it'd be 6.5. Needs a little bit of work but theres some enjoyment to be had and there's a lot of potential there for some rich stories to tell.
